GCC Sparks Crisis With Qatar

Middle East Newsline

March 06, 2014

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- The Gulf Cooperation Council has sparked a crisis withQatar over its hosting of the Muslim Brotherhood. At least three GCC states have withdrawn their ambassadors from Qatar inprotest of the emirate's support of the Brotherhood. Diplomats said Dohadismissed a GCC assessment that the Brotherhood, with headquartersin Egypt, sought to destabilize Gulf Arab regimes.